West Long Branch

West Long Branch is a borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey. The area had been called Mechanicsville from the 18th century through the American Civil War and Branchburg in the 1870s, and it was finally named "West Long Branch" in 1889 due to its proximity to a section of the Shrewsbury River. On 5 May 1908, West Long Branch was incorporated as a borough due to residents' belief that they were not getting a fair return on their taxes as a part of Eatontown. West Long Branch had a population of 7,963 in 2016.